Air Cargo Carrier Recognized For Its Commitment to Safety And Superior Maintenance Training Programs

Southern Air has been honored with the prestigious Diamond Award of Excellence by the FAA. The Diamond Award is the FAA’s highest honor for maintenance training and overall maintenance excellence.

Southern Air’s maintenance professionals completed over 4,000 hours of specific aircraft and product instruction as well as safety and regulatory training in 2014 to earn the Diamond Award.

“This is an outstanding achievement for Southern Air, particularly considering how much we have accomplished in the past two years,” said David Soaper, Chief Operating Officer of Southern Air Inc. “We set a course to strive for excellence and quality in all that we do and the entire Southern Air team is to be commended for achieving this incredible honor from the FAA.”

The FAA established the Diamond Award program in 1991 to encourage aviation maintenance technicians and their employers to participate in training programs. During 2014, 100 percent of Southern Air’s aircraft and maintenance technicians completed training, qualifying the air cargo company to compete for the Diamond Award. This is Southern Air’s first FAA Diamond Award.

(Pictured: Paul Chase, Vice President of Systems Operations at Southern Air, Nils Johnson, Director of Maintenance for Southern Air, and Jerry Wolfgang, Director of Quality Control for Southern Air, receive the Diamond Award of Excellence from Mark Little, Principal Maintenance Inspector for the FAA.)

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